A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction (Center for Environmental Structure Series)

A pattern language has the structure of a network. [...] The sequence of patterns is both a summary of the language, and at the same time, an index to the patterns. — p. xviii

We begin with that part of the language which

Christopher Alexander was known for his theories on bringing humanity into architecture. He believed everyone possessed the ability to create and design a space that he called alive. His book, Pattern language, is based on core belief that people should design their own communities. Observation is that some of the best places in the world were desi

‘The more living patterns there are in a place—a room, a building, a town—the more it comes to life as an entirety, the more it glows.’12